Nearly three months after announcing that their amended divestment plan increased the number of Arizona stores to be sold as part of their planned merger, Kroger and Albertsons released on Tuesday the official list of stores that could be transferred to C&S Wholesale Grocers.
With April’s updated agreement calling for C&S to exclusively license the Safeway brand in Arizona, the list includes 76 of the 105 Safeway stores in the state -- with all three Flagstaff locations among them. The proposal now confirms Flagstaff grocery stores linked to the deal would undergo a massive shift under the newly formed Kroger-Albertsons company.
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